Month: May 2026

Southern Railway opens20 new parking facilities in Chennai

May 5, 2026 admin

Southern Railway’s Chennai Division has commissioned 20 new parking facilities during the financial year 2025–26, taking the total number of authorised parking locations across the division from 106 to 126. The initiative is part of the ongoing efforts to improve passenger amenities and upgrade station infrastructure across the division. Officials said the newly developed parking…

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State grants approval to procure six MRI machines for district hospitals

May 5, 2026 admin

The six MRI units will be installed in district hospitals at Davanagere, Mysuru, Dharwad, Bagalkot, Jayanagar General/K.C. General Hospital in Bengaluru and Bengaluru South. | Photo Credit: zorazhuang The State government has granted administrative approval to procure and supply six MRI machines to district and district-level hospitals under the National Free Diagnostic Services Programme, aimed…

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Delhi: official dismissed for negligence after child drowns in open drain

May 5, 2026 admin

Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday ordered the dismissal of a contractual junior engineer of the Irrigation and Flood Control Department for negligence after a two-year-old girl died when she fell into an open drain in Mukundpur on Sunday. The victim’s family had filed a complaint with the police after the girl, who was playing…

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To minimise AI’s impact on jobs, ILO bats for lifelong learning

May 5, 2026 admin

Lifelong learning is the bridge between today’s jobs and tomorrow’s opportunities, added ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo. File image used for representation only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Given the tumultuous trends reshaping labour markets across the world, lifelong learning needs to be a central pillar of governments’ economic and social policies, the International Labour…

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Israel court extends Gaza flotilla activists’ detention by six days

May 5, 2026 admin

Activist Saif Abu Keshek, a member of the Global Sumud Flotilla detained by Israel, sits at a magistrate’s court for a detention extension hearing in Ashkelon, southern Israel on May 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters An Israeli court on Tuesday (May 5, 2026) extended the detention of two foreign activists taken from a Gaza-bound…

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India’s energy security amid conflicts

May 5, 2026 admin

An Indian-flagged tanker carrying crude oil that transited through the Strait of Hormuz, is seen docked in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: AFP The conflict in West Asia has demonstrated the speed with which geopolitical shocks have been transmitted to India’s domestic economy. The head of the International Energy Agency has described the current geoeconomic crisis…

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IPL | Punjab Kings is striving for the perfect game: Haddin

May 5, 2026 admin

Punjab Kings assistant coach Brad Haddin during a warm-up session. File | Photo Credit: ANI After a cherished stint as the runaway leader, Punjab Kings has seen its surge grind to a halt in recent outings. Despite PBKS showing signs of vulnerability, assistant coach Brad Haddin struck an upbeat tone ahead of the clash with…

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Manipur’s Zomi leaders to take late BJP MLA Valte’s body to Delhi, protest outside party office

May 5, 2026 admin

Valte’s family and the leaders of the Zomi tribe want certain conditions to be fulfilled, including the arrest of those who had attacked Valte in 2023. File | Photo Credit: ANI Members of the Zomi community in Manipur are planning to bring the body of the late Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Vungzagin Valte to the…

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Rubio expects ‘frank’ meeting with pope as Trump takes fresh potshots at Leo

May 5, 2026 admin

Pope Leo XIV shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio as they meet at the Vatican, on May 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio expects a “frank” meeting with Pope Leo during a visit to the Vatican on Thursday (May 7, 2026), the U.S. ambassador said, after…

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